Race, Culture, and Identity

From Ethiopia to Israel migration and ritual roles of Beta Israel women

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Consequently, we will begin by exploring the absence of female
functions in the Beta Israel religion and the invisibility of women
themselves in the sphere of worship in Ethiopia. Then, in contrast,
we will examine the ritual roles ascribed to women in lifecycle
ceremonies and purity rites, in the light of the expertise and power
that these specifically female functions granted. To conclude, we will
attempt to understand how the upheavals in female purity rites as a
result of migration to Israel are negotiated in a host society in which
the Beta Israel practices, founded on a literal reading of biblical text,

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: ., 2016

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Conversion programme
Jews of Ethiopia
Ethiopian Church
Protestant European missionaries
Judaism
Judaizing group
Israel migration
Ritual roles

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